I am educated in the Western Classical Tradition, B.A. from U.C. Berkeley in Latin and Greek, English major, one year at U. of Toronto, studied under Alain Renoir and Northrop Frye, read most classics full time for many years after university in French, English, Latin and Greek to the modern day. I am interested in the near future of technology, what changes it imposes upon our heritage and character as humans. Short stories and Essays are my medium.
19 Aug 2022 8 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Sailing away, getmyboat.com There are revelations that can put a mind into a state of stupor, of such profound unexpectedness and surprise that the faculties of thinking freeze, so to speak, overwhelmed with an infinitude of new possibilities, as...
18 Aug 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
News in bed, mocahwallpapers.com Back on the pier in Oakland Mr. Tanaki and Higgins took their leave of us. They were headed back in the boat to San Francisco to spend the night, telling us they would arrange for an army truck to pick us up in th...
18 Aug 2022 12 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The 'Gitgo' camperandnicholsons.com When we awoke, I went once again to the library window to view the streets. On this day there were more groups of people passing by. The first group of about ten were even pushing a loaded up shopping cart, we...
17 Aug 2022 8 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Scout. romper.com As they left all of us followed them upstairs. At the front door, Mr. Tanaki turned to us and said, “put your house in order and pack up your belongings, all of you. If everything goes as planned, we should be leaving in two da...
17 Aug 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The governor's limo. imcdb.org As we were finishing dinner on the Abbott’s back deck, we heard the sounds of motors, pulling up to our front gate. Four of us hurried over to see what was going on. It was Mr. Tanaki, waving to us before we even g...
16 Aug 2022 10 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
My library. bonjourparis.com Back in the basement we asked Charlie for any news. He told us things were heating up, that in San Francisco all working vehicles were being sent out in every direction to spread news of this migration. They only had...
16 Aug 2022 12 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Jaime on the mike, antarticsun.usap.gov Naomi and Jason had just come down the stairs. I noticed they both had a bright smile, which I thought strange, given the circumstances. As I stood up from my seat to give Charlie back his post and as Jaso...
15 Aug 2022 11 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The Grapes of Wrath, numerocinqumagazine.com Naomi had made contact with Australia, with some official in Sydney, delighted to hear from California. She had Jason inform Sacramento, but they couldn’t catch the signal so we acted as a relay statio...
15 Aug 2022 13 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Oakland and Bay, en.wikipedia.org Although our nation had been hit by surprise, with our computer networks and our defences seriously compromised and all electronics taken out by four EMP blasts across the continent, Claire’s prewarning had not go...
14 Aug 2022 8 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Ruskie radios. spectrum.ieee.org “Wait, that’s a good point” Jaime added. “They must be far better than ours and have all the channels, military and civilian and a power source too. Claire, were you ever taken to this safe house somewhere on Cha...
